| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at (Zeugswetter Andreas DBT) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: AW: AW: [HACKERS] Re: atttypmod of 0 |
| Date: | 1998-02-06 18:01:31 |
| Message-ID: | 199802061801.NAA15051@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> I guess I don't have a strong opinion on that. Since atttypmod is also
> intended for
> decimal and others, I think the default has to be type specific anyway,
> like 0 digits after the comma for decimal.
> I would prefer an atttypmod that does not include the VARHDRSZ for
> varchar though.
> Then it would simply be the max length (better for humans reading the
> system catalog).
> The default of zero would still be no problem I guess, since max zero
> length is still nonsense.
I indented to change it to -1 when we start using atttypmod for more
types that just char() and varchar().
--
Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
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